Letter: Insulting

Two end-of-the-world threats within 10 weeks is a bit much to bear for the average citizen. First it was the Mayan calendar which told us that the world would end on Dec. 21, 2012. It did not happen and we all woke up on Dec. 22 again. Then came the sequestration on March 1, 2013.

According to President Barack Obama and his Cabinet secretaries, the world as we know it would come to an end. We were told that planes would stop flying, children would go to bed hungry, millions of people would cross our unguarded borders, people would die, Navy ships could not leave port, teachers and policemen would be laid off, hospitals would close, lines at the airport security checkpoint would stretch for four hours, White House self-guided tours would end and millions of people would lose their jobs.

All this because of a 2.5 percent cut of the increased federal budget, i.e. no cut at all on the original budget. As we all know sequestration was decided on in summer of 2011 by Congress and signed by Obama.

At the Fort Myers airport the other day I saw planes taking off and landing and there were no lines at the security check. School buses were taking children to school and I saw more police on Interstate 75 than ever. Hospitals were operating as usual and no influx of millions of illegal immigrants were reported at the borders.

It appears that the administration wants to inflict maximum pain and misery upon the public just to prove that they decide how to run the country. Maybe it is time to impeach the president for harassing the American people and for insulting their intelligence.